Horseshoe.



No. 798,598. PATENTED SEPT. 5, 1905.

` G. CONN.

HORSESHOE.

APPLIOATION BILED N0v.4.19o4.

Witnesses parafrarios.

CALVIN CONN, OF W HEATLAND, INDIANA.

HORSESHOE.

NoI 798,598.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1905.

Application filed November 4,1904. Serial No. 231,404.

T0 all whom, it ntf/y concern:

Be it known that I, CALvIN CONN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wheatland, in the county of Knox and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Horseshoe, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to horseshoes; and it has for its object to provide for the attachment of shoes to the hoofs of animals without driving nails and in such amanner as to make the shoes readily detachable when desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide for the adjustability of the shoe, so that it may be conveniently litted to hoofs of various sizes.

With these and other ends in view the invention consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combinationof parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of embodiment of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that the right is reserved to any changes, alterations, and modification to which recourse may be had within the scope ofthe invention and without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the efliciency of the same.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the improved horseshoe applied to the hoof of a horse. Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the shoe detached. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the attaching member.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated by like characters of reference.

In carrying this invention into practical operation ashoe 1 is provided, which is mainly of conventional shape with the exception that the heel members 2 2 are somewhat elongated. The shoe is provided with toe and heel calks 3 4, and each of the side or heel members 2 2 is provided in the under side thereof with a plurality of beveled recesses 5 5, whereby shoulders or ratchets 6, facing in a forward direction, are formed. r1`he outer edges of the side or heel members 2l 2 are also provided with inwardly-beveled portions forming recesses 7. The shoe is provided at its toe or front portion with an upwardly-extending capplate 8 for the reception of the toe of the hoof,

4said cap-plate being provided at its upper edge with loops 9 9. Said cap-plate or toe-cap is preferably provided with a vertical slot or recess 8, narrowat its upper endand wide at its lower end, said slot dividing the toe-cap into two separate plates 8b 8b, which are capable ofbeing bent or hammered into shape to fit neatly'upon the hoof of the animal to which the shoe is applied.

10 designates an attaching member consisting of a plate provided near its lower corners with slots or openings 11, whereby said plate may be placed in engagement with the heel members of the shoe, the lower edges of the slots serving to engage the ratchets upon the under sides of the heel members. Said plate or attaching' member is to be suitably shaped to engage and to aord a support for the heel of the hoof, and the sides of said plate are provided with forwardly-extending wings 12, engaging the sides of the hoof of the animal. Near 'the upper edge of the plate 10 is formed a slot 13 for the attachment of a pair of straps 14 and 15, which carry buckles 16 and 17 at their rear ends, .while the free ends of said straps are provided with perforations 18 to engage the tongues of the buckles.

The shoe is applied by adjusting the capplate 8 over the toe of the hoof and moving the attaching-plate 10 forwardly until it is in engagement with ratchets as near the toe of the shoe as feasible. It will be understood that by providing a plurality of ratchets the shoe is made capable of being fitted to hoofs of variousA sizes. After properly adjusting the attaching-plate the ends of the straps 14 and 15 are carried forwardly and across each other in front of the hoof and threaded through the respective opposite loops 9 and then carried back behind the hoof, where they are connected to the respective buckles.

It will be seen that a shoe constructed in accordance with this invention may be very easily and quickly applied to or detached from the hoof of an animal. Also by the avoidance of the use of nails the hoof is preserved in the best possible condition. It is obvious that in the act of applying the shoe when the straps are being tightened the upper end of the attaching member 10 will be drawn in a forward direction while the lower edge will be moved rearwardly by the rocking movement of said plate or attaching member, thus causing the lower edges of the slots 11 to be brought into positive engagement with the ratchets or IOO teeth upon the under side of the shoe, and thereby enabling the latter to be attachedand held With perfect security.

Having thus described the invention, Wha is claimed is- 1. A horseshoe having a toe-cap and provided with ratchets upon its under side, and a slidable attaching member engaging said ratchets.

2. A horseshoe having a toe-cap, the side members of said horseshoe being provided With ratchetsupon their under sides, and an attaching member having slots slidably engaging the side members and the ratchets thereon.

3. A horseshoe having side members beveled or recessed at their outer edges and provided vvith ratchets upon their under sides, in combination With an attaching member comprising a plate` slotted to engage the side members of the shoe.

4:. A horseshoe having a toe-cap and provided with ratchets upon its under side, and an attaching member adjustably engaging said ratchets and having laterally-extending Wings.

5. A horseshoe having a toe-cap and side members beveled at their outer edges and provided With ratchets on their under sides, in combination with an attaching member having slots, slidably engaging the side members of the shoe and the ratchets thereon, and provided Wit-h laterally-extending Wings.

6. A horseshoe having a toe-cap provided with loops at its upper edge, the side members of said horseshoe being provided With ratchets upon their under sides, in combination With an attaching member having slots engaging the side members of the shoe, straps connected with the upper edge of said attaching member for engagement with the respective loops, and buckles for the straps.

7. A horseshoe having a toe-cap provided with loops at the upper edge thereof, said toecap being vertically slotted to form a plurality of members, the side members of said horseshoe being provided with ratchets upon 

